Housing
Mission Local tracks San Francisco’s housing crisis: who the city builds for, who gets displaced, and what happens to the people left in between.
S.F. supervisors advance $22.2 million MEDA housing deal amid financial scrutiny
Controller placed nonprofit on watch list Oct. 19 after its former employee was accused of ‘self-dealing.’ Today supes advanced a financing agreement, citing safeguards against the nonprofit’s financial woes
Affordable housing
Wiener vs. Chan: Two very different urbanist visions in San Francisco’s congressional race
For years, Chan and Wiener have been on opposite sides of debates over housing, transit, parks and more.
Real-estate money floods fight against San Francisco ‘social housing’ measure
San Francisco’s big real-estate players have raised over $2.7 million to defeat an affordable housing ballot measure.
152-unit Mission District housing project to break ground, with shrunken promises
Before winning approval in 2021, developer of 9-story housing project promised $2 million, a free gallery space and more. Those agreements expired.
S.F. supervisor seeks to bar evictions for less than a month’s unpaid rent
Supervisor Jackie Fielder’s legislation is co-sponsored by five supervisors and supported by the mayor
Homelessness
Steve Adami, divisive S.F. abstinence advocate, tapped for city recovery job
Sources say Adami, who has expressed views critical of harm reduction and housing first, was appointed at the behest of the mayor.
Survey says: San Franciscans feel city government improved, but streets still poor
The 2026 San Francisco city survey results are out, and ratings for most city services are on the mend.
S.F. cracked down on RV dwellers. A year later, many have left the city altogether.
Data shows that a year after San Francisco’s RV ban, 1/3 of RV dwellers using city aid have moved outside of city limits.
Planning and inspection
Out of the shadows: S.F. limits when shade can be used to block new housing
Supervisors passed a law aimed at cutting some of the red tape in the city’s “notorious” housing process.
At Richmond District town hall on Safeway housing project, neighbors see an assault on democracy
Some 60 people attended to listen and air their thoughts about a proposed eight-story Safeway redevelopment project in the Outer Richmond.
Despite angry merchants, S.F. approves Therapy Stores spot in the Richmond
Is Therapy a chain that triggers the city’s formula retail laws?
Ex-staffer of Mission housing nonprofit made ‘unauthorized’ purchases, audit alleges
Mission Economic Development Agency says it was ‘victim of a crime’ after audit flags unauthorized spending, inadequate oversight.
Inner Sunset apartment complex sold 3 years after fire. Its tenants are ‘totally in the dark.’
Property owners are legally bound to notify tenants before and after selling the building. Tenants say they have heard nothing.
S.F. supervisor announces plan to create new department of housing
Myrna Melgar wants to pull the housing department out of the mayor’s office — as well as kick-start a co-op program and a bike lane rollout.
S.F. teacher housing at 18th and Mission is on ice, emails show
The project, which was set to bring 63 units of housing for teachers, has been on paused for over a year. It’s unclear how it will proceed.
Both California and San Francisco passed drug-free housing bills. How would they coexist?
State legislators just approved a new bill that will open up drug-free housing across the state. So did SF, in July. How will they interact?
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